www.washingtontimes.com Topics: Symantechttp://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/symantec/?utm_medium=RSSwww.washingtontimes.com Topics: Symantecen-usWed, 06 Dec 2017 12:26:29 -050066 Symantec employees to lose jobs in Springfield areahttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/dec/6/66-symantec-employees-to-lose-jobs-in-springfield-/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>SPRINGFIELD, Ore. (AP) - Dozens of Symantec employees in the Springfield have learned they will be laid off next month as the cyber-security firm begins a sharp reduction of its local workforce.</p> <p>The Register-Guard reports that the last day for 64 employees in Jan. 17 and two more will be ...Wed, 06 Dec 2017 12:26:29 -0500http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/dec/6/66-symantec-employees-to-lose-jobs-in-springfield-/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSSony hackers 'highly likely' responsible for WannaCry ransomware attack: Reporthttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/may/23/sony-hackers-highly-likely-responsible-for-wannacr/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>The hacking group widely blamed for breaching Sony Pictures in 2014 was "highly likely" behind the unprecedented WannaCry ransomware attack responsible for crippling computer systems around the world this month, a leading American cybersecurity firm said Monday.</p> <p>An analysis of the recent "WannaCry" ransomware attack has uncovered "strong links" connecting ...Andrew BlakeTue, 23 May 2017 12:17:07 -0400http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/may/23/sony-hackers-highly-likely-responsible-for-wannacr/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSRansomware surge yields big revenue for cyber-extortionists, American targets suffer most: Reporthttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/apr/26/ransomware-surge-yields-big-revenue-cyber-extortio/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>Growing pay-offs and a high return rate have made ransomware the most dangerous criminal threat currently facing businesses and consumers connected to the Internet, security researchers warned in a new report Wednesday.</p> <p>Ransomware infections detected by Symantec, an American security firm, increased by 36 percent in 2016 over the year ...Andrew BlakeWed, 26 Apr 2017 14:09:17 -0400http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/apr/26/ransomware-surge-yields-big-revenue-cyber-extortio/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSNorth Korea linked to colossal bank cyberheist: Reporthttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/may/27/north-korea-linked-colossal-bank-hack-report/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>Cybersecurity exerts said malware used to steal millions of dollars from the Bank of Bangladesh contains evidence suggesting the North Korean government may be responsible for that hacks and others.</p> <p>Symantec and FireEye, two of the top cybersecurity firms in the United States, stated separately Thursday that whoever stole $81 ...Andrew BlakeFri, 27 May 2016 13:29:14 -0400http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/may/27/north-korea-linked-colossal-bank-hack-report/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSCyber experts link Sony hackers to campaigns against targets in U.S., South Koreahttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/feb/25/cyber-experts-link-sony-hackers-to-campaigns-again/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>Cybersecurity researchers claim in a new report that the hackers who obliterated Sony Pictures Entertainment in 2014 were more prolific than previously thought &mdash; so much so that a coalition of experts say that the perpetrators started attacking targets since at least 2009 and were active as of late last ...Andrew BlakeThu, 25 Feb 2016 12:02:21 -0500http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/feb/25/cyber-experts-link-sony-hackers-to-campaigns-again/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSSymantec fires CEO, chairman is replacing himhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/jul/25/symantec-fires-ceo-chairman-is-replacing-him/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIF. (AP) - Symantec has fired its CEO, Enrique Salem, and replaced him with Chairman Steve Bennett.</p><p>The computer security and data storage company said Wednesday that the move is effective immediately. Bennett, who will stay on as chairman, says it was in Symantec's &quot;best interests&quot; to change CEOs.</p><p>Salem ...ASSOCIATED PRESSWed, 25 Jul 2012 16:07:11 -0400http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/jul/25/symantec-fires-ceo-chairman-is-replacing-him/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS